- Nazier Elahee saved an 11-year-old girl from the clutches of Jessie Woodard Jr
- Grainy video shows moment Elahee intervened to help the girl Golf Manor, Ohio
- Elahee said he saw the alleged kidnapper pulling her by the arm down the street
- He immediately sprung into action with the girl ‘mouthed the words ‘help me”
- Elahee chased Woodard, 37, to Zee Food Mart until police arrived to arrest him
A good Samaritan is being hailed a hero after his quick-thinking actions saved an 11-year-old girl from being kidnapped by a stranger in Ohio.
Nazier Elahee was walking along Wiehe Road in Golf Manor when he said he saw a man, later identified as Jessie Woodard Jr, 37, pulling the young girl by the arm.
‘I noticed that a man was walking down the street toting a girl behind him pulling her by the wrist,’ Elahee told WXIX.
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Good Samaritan, Nazier Elahee (left), is being hailed a hero after his quick-thinking actions saved an 11-year-old girl from being kidnapped by suspect Jessie Woodard Jr (right), 37, of Ohio
Police recently released the surveillance video of the attempted kidnapping that occurred right across the street from the department on Saturday. The grainy video (above) shows the moment Woodard was caught pulling the girl by the arm, according to police
‘But as they walked passed us she looked back at me and mouthed the words help me several times.’
Police recently released the surveillance video of the attempted kidnapping that occurred right across the street from the department on Saturday.
The police department is located across from a park, where the child was before the incident unfolded.
The grainy video shows the moment Woodard was caught pulling the girl by the arm, according to police.
Elahee is then seen taking the child away from the suspect after asking the child if she knew the man.
‘When she said no I was like what’s going on. I asked the gentleman if he knew her and he said “no I’m taking her home,”‘ he told the station.
Elahee immediately called police as Woodard attempted to flee the scene. But Elahee chased the suspect down to the Zee Food Mart nearby until police arrived.
Woodard was arrested and charged with kidnapping.
Elahee (pictured) is also seen in the video taking the child away from the suspect after asking the child if she knew the man. When the child said ‘no’ he called police as Woodard fled the scene
But Elahee chased the suspect down to the Zee Food Mart nearby until police arrived. Woodard was arrested and charged with kidnapping. The police station (pictured) is right across the street from where the incident unfolded